'Integrated Software Solution with e-Prison' Program

• 14 Dec 2022

Why In News?

• On December 13, 2022, Chief Justice of Rajasthan Pankaj Mittal e-launched the 'Integrated Software Solution with e-Prison' program in the auditorium of Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court.

Key Points

• Chief Justice Pankaj Mittal said that 'Integrated Software Solution with e-Prison' will enable all information of undertrial prisoners related to court cases to be obtained from the e-prison software of the jail administration.
• Under the guidance of Steering Committee Chairman Justice Arun Bhansali, the technical team of the Rajasthan High Court has designed this program for all the courts of the High Court and district judiciary in a short span of time.
• This program has been created by integrating the e-prison software program created for the detainees in various jails of the state with the case information system software running in the court.
• In the program, the judge has also appealed to all the judicial officers of the state to ensure maximum attendance of undertrial prisoners in the remand and trial through video conferencing and speedy disposal of such cases.
• Speaking at the e-launch event, the Chief Justice said that the Rajasthan High Court has become the first High Court in the entire country to do so. Since the covid-19 pandemic, there has been a technological revolution in the functioning of the judiciary through computerization, digitization, e-filing, paperless courts and virtual hearings.
• Administrative Judge of Rajasthan High Court Sandeep Mehta said that through this program, if any accused is facing judicial custody in jail in any case, then all his information will be available to the court immediately. This information will prove to be very useful for the just and speedy decision of that case.
• Apart from this, the accused in jail will also get full information about the progress of his case, which is also his constitutional right.